Monarchists carry an old Russian imperial flag as they march to a protest rally in Moscow, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. Thousands of protesters marched across downtown Moscow on Saturday in the first major rally in three months against President Vladimir Putin, while defying the Kremlin's ongoing efforts to crackdown on opposition. T-shirt reads the old Russian imperial slogan "Glory to Russia. For the faith, the czar and the fatherland." (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)